Improvement in coin-counters



H. CLARK. Coin-Counter.

Patented April 1,1879.

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N. FEIERS. FHDTO-LITHOGMPHER, WASHINGTON, D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

HIRAM CLARK, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK,

IMPROVEMENT IN COIN- COUNTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 213,738, dated April 1,1879 application filed February 21, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM CLARK, of Syracuse, county of Onondaga, andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMetallic Coin-Packages; and I declare the following to be such a full,clear, and complete description of the same as to enable any personskilled in the art 'to which. it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in metallic packages for holdingcoins of different denominations, in given amounts for circulatingpurposes, the object being to provide a simple, strong, and durableself-counting device, for the purpose intended, with a locking devicefor securing the coin firmly when placed in the package. 3

Several devices have already been patented for this purpose, made ofthin strips of tin, and pivoted either to vertical bars, disks, orcircular ends. In all of these devices the coins are secured in thepackage by drawing over their edges one or more of the pivoted strips.None of these devices were provided with means to lock the package, andin use they are found to be objectionable, for the reason that thestrips would slip from the coins and, allow them to become displaced.They were also found to be too frail for continual use under the strainor laxity occasioned by the coin when full up to standard size andweight, as in case of new issues,

I and when worn ofl' the difference frequently amounting to one coin inpackages made to hold ten dollars in quarters.

The requisites, then, for a metal package are that it shall havesufficient strength to hold the coin securely, whether new or old, toexpose the edges, to be opened easily to remove the coin, to be readilyfilled, and finally to be self-lockin g.

To the end, then, to secure the desired result, my improvement consistsof a metallic disk of the diameter of the desired coin, having a wireframe or frames, constructed as hereinafter described, secured thereto.

Opposite to the disk the wires cross each' other at right angles, and inone of the cross ends I provide a loop of sufficient depth to secure theother wire, which should be a trifle shorter, so as to draw down when inposition within the loop.

For a more specific description of my invention reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specificationlike lettersindicating corresponding partsin which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my invention, showing the coins confined. Fig. 2 is a perspective ofthe package empty, showing a modification of the fastening device.

The letter 0 represents the disk, having two or more Wires bent as shownat AB, Figs. 1 and 2, so that each wire has a cross piece or end, A B.

Midway in the cross ends A a curved bend or loop, D, is made, whichforms the locking device. The wire B being a trifle shorter, or providedwith a corresponding loop, when brought into proximity to loop Dinterlocks therewith, and securely confines the coins.

It will be observed that to fill the package it is simply necessary tobend either of the frames over in the direction indicated by the dottedlines at B, when the coin can be readily inserted. The wire, beingspringy, bends readily, and comes back to place when released.

The loops or bend D can be on the lower or under end, A, as in Fig. 1,or in the upper, as in Fig. 2, or in both, as in the latter case thegreatest security is provided against displacement.

It will be seen that the invention consists in securing stiff or springywires to the disk 0, so as to cross at right angles to each other, andin providing means for interlocking, consisting of the loop or loops D.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. A coin-holder composed of wires A B, securedto the disk 0, in combination therewith, substantially as and asspecified.

2. In combination with the disk 0, the wire A, provided with a loop orbend, D, mid- In testimony that I elain r' the foregoing I have hereuntoset my hand thisflfltli day of February, 1879.

HIRAM CLARK. Witnesses:

J. NEAL PERKINS, GEORGE W. HEY.

